Record ID: LANCUM-4EF065
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone tool, possibly used as a scraper or whetstone. It is sub rectangular in shape but one of the long sides extends to form a point with the short side, the other short end is rounded. All four sides narrow to a point, which thus runs around the circumference of the object. It is not knapped but ground, the stone is possibly granite. It has an even brown patina with a granular appearance all over the surface. Dating this type of implement is difficult as whetstones were in use over a long period. An object with a similar 'bladed' side is PUBLIC-BD3717 and NLM-47EC…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-421FE3
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Whetstone pendant of uncertain date within the period c. 2150 BC - AD 1400. The object is square and tapers to a broken forked edge. The top of the object is pierced and demarcated from the rest of the object by horizontal grooves that run around the top and the bottom of the piercing. Vertical grooves run down the centre of each face. The piercing is wider at one end than the other. The object is formed from dark-grey stone. It is 51.44mm in length and 11.54mm in width. It weighs 8.86g. Whetstone pendants of similar form are known from a number of archaeological periods, including…
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-47CB23
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A stone hammer of Bronze Age date. It is an sub-rectangular stone hammer which is rectangular in section made of a fine grained stone. Both ends are roughly rectangular and are blunt. The shaft hole is circular and roughly in the centre of the object. All faces are evenly worn.
Created on: Monday 1st September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arnside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-066250
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily water worn piece of limestone, possibly from a limestone pavement and therefore not in situ. The 'antler' like protuberances could have been useful for working stone tools. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 100mm, and the width is 55mm and the thickness is 60mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-BEEAB4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age chert thumbnail scraper from a heavily worked tertiary flake. The ventral side shows a bulb of percussion and almost parallel, but slightly flared scars radiating from the centre to the rounded end. The ventral side is slightly concave towards the rounded end which shows evidence of significant retouching. The sharper end retains a very small area of cortex. There is evidence of retouching around all edges. All faces and edges have a very polished appearance. The chert is very dark, being almost black, with minute brown inclusions very similar to chert lithics found at Ma…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockhall Scar Woods', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-35CCF6
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age perforated object, probably an axe hammer dating from c. 2500-1500BC. The axe hammer was fabricated from an unidentified igneous rock. In plan, the axe hammer is broadly drop shaped, with a circular perforation towards the butt. The perforation has curved sides and the circumference reduces towards its centrepoint - it is hour glass shaped. The pierced sides of the axe hammer are largely flattened although there is a marked incline around the area of the socket and the butt. The edge which runs around the axe hammer is concave at the butt,…
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greysouthen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61ECD4
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of finely gritted sandstone with very smooth surface and even sides. It is probably natural, but its smooth surface and the angled upper surface could indicate that it was used as a whetstone.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grindleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61E9B1
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Triangular-shaped, finely gritted sandstone with very smooth surface and even sides. It is probably natural, but its smooth surface could indicate that it was used as a whetstone.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grindleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-66A0C4
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Large very worn perforated object, carved from stone. It is roughly diamond/oval-shaped and has circular central perforation (15-16mm). The edges are very worn and the surface has lost its smoothness. Recorded at Penrith Finds Day, 14.06.05
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2005
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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